Sanctuary Updates

Move over Daenerys Targaryen, there’s a new mother to be reckoned with.
Kylie, mother of koalas.
Head of Koala Photos at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Kylie performed the last of the season’s pouch checks on three year old Rocher, and her smile revealed all. A tiny koala baby about 2 cm in length feeding within the safe and warm confines of Rocher’s pouch.
Known as a joey, a baby koala is blind and furless. Once born it makes its way to the mother’s pouch and then attaches itself to one of two teats, where it will stay for about 6 to 7 months....

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary’s resident lung fish have contributed to an important study on new methods of working out the age of live lungfish.
The Australian Lung Fish is a vulnerable, ancient species of freshwater fish found in South East Qld and North East NSW. They belong to the oldest living group of vertebrates dating back 300 million years with the Australian Lungfish remaining unchanged for the last 100 million years. Lungfish breathe air freely and can survive out of water for several days if kept wet. They are thought to be an important link in evolution of terrestrial invertebrates.
As part...